Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140528 20:02

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper May 28, 2014 20:02:00

identifies additional 1,700 veterans waiting for primary care appointments but not on any electronic waiting list, they weren't on any list that would get them an appointment with the doctor. a sampling over 200 phoenix veterans, just a sampling, the administration was reporting that those 200 had been waiting about 24 days for an appointment, 43% of vets waiting more than the 14-day standard of care target. in reality, what really was happening on the ground, says the actual wait on average 115 days. 84% missed the 14-day target. that is cooking the books. one of the many schemes outlined in this report. now confirmation of a nationwide problem, the office of inspector general looking at 42 medical facilities, the bottom line, the oig confirmation that inappropriate scheduling practices are systemic throughout the vha. >> the inspector general says at

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